19 November 1962

West Papua Officially a Province of Indonesia

VIVAnews – 46 years ago today, in 1962, the former Dutch colony of West Papua became a province of Indonesia.

Since 1962, after a dispute between the Dutch and the Indonesian governments, West Papua was put under United Nations protection.
In 1969, a UN-sponsored referendum of village elders led to West Papua becoming a province of Indonesia. Therefore, UN decided to transfer the sovereignty of West Papua to Indonesia on 19th November 1969.

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West Papua province was later renamed Irian Jaya by the Indonesian Government. However, on 31st December 1999, Irian Jaya province was officially renamed Papua.

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